BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY II

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Course Sheet

Course code:

27002

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Divisions:

Cognomi A-H

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology

Is part of:

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY II

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TOMMASI Luca

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

136

Prerequisites:

The exam can be taken only after having passed and recorded Psychobiology I.

Objectives

The main educational objective is the mastering of intermediate/advanced neuroscientific knowledge on the motor system, the regulation of behaviour, cognitive processes and learning, plasticity and mental illness. A further objective is that of better defining the psychological knowledge in the light of neuroscientific knowledge, and vice versa, in the understanding of their reciprocal interdependency.

Contents

The course aims at expanding the knowledge in the field of the neurosciences beyond the basic content established during the first year, including the functions of the motor system, the biological bases of behaviour and its regulation, and many aspects of higher cognitive processes and mental illness. It also deals with aspects of change, intended as both learning and plasticity.

Extended Syllabus

SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS: Spinal control of movement; Brain control of movement

THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR: Chemical control of the brain and behavior; Motivation; Sex and the brain; Brain mechanisms of emotion; Brain rhythms and sleep; Language; The resting brain, attention and consciousness; Mental illness

THE CHANGING BRAIN: Wiring the brain; Memory systems; Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory

Recommended Bibliography

Bear, Connors, Paradiso - “Neuroscience. Exploring the brain” (Fourth edition); Wolters Kluwer

Teaching Methods

The course contents are presented through lessons in lecture hall, taking advantage of Power Point slides.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Compulsory written exam consisting of a multiple-choice test (30 questions). Optionally, oral exam in case the written test is passed.

Contacts/More Information

The slides of the course and other teaching material will be made available on the Teams channel and the e-learning platform of the course here: https://elearning.unich.it/enrol/index.php?id=1264

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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